The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-09

water park. in which the Improvement
Company is largely interested. The com
pany offer to give all those who wish tc
make the exchange one of the high and dry
lots in the Hernandez tract, and will build
the parties a comfortable concrete house.
The tract is large enough for at least 2OC
cottages, and will form little concrete
town by itself.
Pensacola Advance Gazette: The would
be sensational canard about a stranger be
ing robbed and drowned, by Jim Martin,
was known on the streets here Saturday tc
have no foundation in fact. The stranger
IN question hired the boat to take a sail on
Thursday evening, but went on board the
Washington Fire Company's excursion boat
and got a 50 gold piece changed, and paid
Martin 81 or So. Martin made his boat fast
to the excursion boats barge, but left his
sails set, which caused the boat to capsize
and part her line when she drifted ashore,
where she was found. The stranger, his
boy, and Martin all came to the city, safe
and sound, except jim, who was ''out a
boat" and lin good deal of whiskyn-sim-
ply this and nothing more
Monday Philip Dzialynski and S. N.
Weeks entered the office of Col Frank
Clark, at Barlow, and Mr. Dzialynslsi in
formed Mr.. Clark that he had been selected
by the citizens of Fort Meade and vicinity
to present him, as a token of their high
appreciation of his noble, unselfish and
untiring labors in aiding them to drive out
whisky from their town and vicinity. the
gift before him. He then presented to
Col Clarke, in the name of the good citi-
zens OF Fort Meade and vicinity, the follow
ing articles: One large silver castssr, one
silver butter-dish, one silver butter-knife,
one set of silver knives and forks. Col
Clark, in a few modest but appropriate re-
marks, acknowledged the iberality of the
citizens of Fort Meade and vicinity. and
said he appreciated the spirit in which it
was given, and modestly asserted that the
gift was complete surprise to him, as he
did not think he had done more than he
should have done, or that any other honest
worker in the cause would have done under
the same circumstances.
AT Apalachicola on last Monday the
Board of County Commissioners were in
session for the purpose of taking action in
the recent local option election. Judge III.
Z. Hicks, having been employed by the
wet" men to arge their cause, proceeded to
do so. He made the following points, viz:
l. That the inspectors, three in number,
were appointed by the bystanders viva
voce, when, in fact, the inspectors appoint
ed by the County Commissioners had not
refused to serve 2. That no deputy regis
tratlon officer was appointed by the Clerk
IN District No. |, although District No.
is the district in which the Clerk re-
sides. 3, Because no duplicate re
turns had been made to the
County Judge. f. Because the County
Commissioners were only areturning board,
without authority to canvass the vote in
the absence of the County Judge and other
other officers appointed by law 5. Because
the returns from District No. We're depos-
tied with the County Clerk and not with the
County Commissioners. g. Because the re-
turns from precinct No. 2 were not sealed
and delivered in accordance with law"
On the other hand the Prohibitionists claim
that the election was legal in every partic-
ular, and they back up their opinions by
employing legal talent from abroad to rep
resent their cause before Judge Walker.
They have forwarded the necessary papers